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hello! i thought to inaugurate this blog, i'd start by choosing a mollusk to write about every single week (let's see if i can keep up lol).
this week's mollusk is: chromodoris lochi!
this stunning creature belongs to the family gastropoda, which (as i recently found out) comprises 80% of all classified mollusks! these particular guys are found in malaysia, indonesia, the phillipines, and even on the northern coast of australia. they can range from a clear blue like this handsome little guy above or a paler, almost white hue, with dark lines crossing the mantle and foot. those horn-esque structures on its front are called rhinophores, while the more feathered structures on the other side are its gills. he almost looks like a bunny with a fluffy tail (though the title of sea bunny is reserved for jorunna parva, another gorgeous nudibranch that will surely earn a spot on mollusk of the week.)
i decided to start with a nudibranch as they are personal favorites of mine, given their adorable, colorful appearances. it honestly astounds me that such beautiful, vibrant creatures exist in this world! i often find myself wishing humans had such interesting and alluring coloration, but instead we got sentience and opposable thumbs and stuff. blah. maybe in another life i'll be reborn as a sea slug...
i'll insert a few more pictures to show their variation.
(hint for next week's mollusk: neither squid nor octopus, this gelatinous deep sea creature is the only surviving member of its order...)
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Jaiii
even more competition in the daily/weekly animal review blog space!!!!!
how did you get the rounded corners for the image gallery at the bottom? some fancy inline css magic?
hello! i’m actually not aware of any other animal of the week type blogs, if you can recommend some i’d love to check them out :]
also i used this css
img {
border-radius: 10%;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
border radius is what controls how rounded the corners are, 50% will give you a completely circular picture. the margin stuff is just to control how spaced out the pictures are.
thanks for checking the blog out!
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tiger
those guys look so cute, i can't wait to see more next week!.
thanks so much!! i like your profile pic, is that a yellow discus? very cute fish :)
by mars; ; Report
yes it is, i think all the aquatic creatures are the cutest things on earth, i hope you post more pictures of those fabulous molluscs.
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